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###§%*=«:¨ i  thought,  so  i smoked a pipe and got ¨:«=*%§###
###§%*=«:¨ dressed,   and   outside  the  rain  had ¨:«=*%§###
##§§%*=«:¨ turned  into snow so thick  that it  was ¨:«=*%§§##
###§%*=«:¨ as  dense fog ... and then i went to get ¨:«=*%§###
§*««¨¨¨¨¨¨ the mail, but there was  a woman and  we ¨¨¨¨¨¨««*§
###§%*=«:¨ talked a little.  now because i was high ¨:«=*%§###
###§%*=«:¨ and  it was snowing  so funny  and i had ¨:«=*%§###
###§%*=«:¨ an  umbrella against the  snow, but snow ¨:«=*%§###
###§%*=«:¨ all over my  face anyway, and i wondered ¨:«=*%§###
###§%*=«:¨        about myself, and my life         ¨:«=*%§###
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